K E Z I A K O S
[kintsugi series]
KINTSUGI is a book series which explores mental health, family devotion and family duty, at the same time that studies the path and the consequences of making a cut off from a narcissistic family.
With a delusional mom, chronically depressive dad, schizophrenic brother, and an undiagnosed psycho grandma, Kez’s family meetings were always interesting to say the least.
When tragedy strikes too close to home, she has no choice other than to return to her home country and face the reality she left behind when she put an ocean and nine thousand miles between herself and her family.
With her mother dead and her father in grave condition, Kez must face her past, even if threatens to destroy whatever is left of her sanity.
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[kintsugi]
Kintsugi (金継ぎ, "golden joinery", also known as kinsukuroi 金繕い, "golden repair"), is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas with gold.
Life breaks people. The people who you love have more chances to break you than anyone else, because you invite them in.
Status #published
Published on 20.12.2022
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[mikkaminumano
sakura]
三日見ぬ間の桜
pronounced Mikkaminumanosakura, this is a highly descriptive and evocative word in Japanese that means change happens very suddenly and intensely, much like the cherry blossoms that go from full bloom to being scattered in just a short space of time.
Change is necessary. But painful. After life breaks you, you need to figure out how to put yourself together again.
Status #ameditingCover #acceptedforpublication
Date of the publication - to be advised
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[ikigai]
Ikigai is a combination of the Japanese words “iki” (生き), which translates to “life,” and “gai” (甲斐), which is used to describe value or worth, ikigai is all about finding joy in life through purpose.
In other words, your ikigai is what gets you up every morning and keeps you going.
You buried the past. But what do you do after the dust settled? Stay or go? You need to figure out what makes you wake up in the morning.
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Status #inprogress
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[mayoiga]
Mayoiga (迷い家) is a junction of Mayou (迷う) meaning to get lost and ga (家 )meaning house.
A mayoiga is a house that magically appears when you're lost in the forest or mountains. If you venture in, what will you find? What should you do? Sometimes all you need is the Mysterious House You Find When You're Lost.
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Status #inprogress
05
[mushaburui]
Musha burui (武者震い), a Japanese Word that means the trembling or shivering warrior.
It is the feeling of trembling before a formidable task.
Be kind to everyone. You do not know the battles they have faced before they met you. You can only see the scars.
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Status #inprogress
06
[hikaro durodango]
Hikaru dorodango (泥だんご) are balls of mud, molded by hand into perfect spheres, dried, and polished to an unbelievable luster.
They are simply mud, shaped into perfection, polished until the most common element of Earth becomes art.
When two become one, there is conflict. But only through friction, pressure and patience, art can be made.
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Status #inprogress
07
[temari]
Temari (手まり) balls are a folk art form and Japanese craft, originating in China and introduced to Japan around the 7th century A.D. "Temari" means "hand ball" in Japanese.
Everyone has secrets. Some are meant to never see the day. But secrets always find a way to uncovered.
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Status #inprogress